Future Sim Improvement and New Items Ideas

[MarianT]

Agree, Thomas. Having been the object of a couple of "pranks" in middle school and high school, it's not funny when you're on the receiving end. Still, I suppose it's better to bully in Sims than in real life.

[jeanamariex3]

Sorry Thomas, maybe bullying wasn't the right term. I just simply want my kids to do the mean interactions to each other like they did in Sims 2, and be able to act cruelly the way their parents and teen siblings get to do. I mean yes, bullying is wrong, and horrible, and I would never want someone to do it in real life. You know how I'm a friendly and fairly nice person in real life, but I love love love the evil trait? (I do recall mentioning this dozens of times on this forum in my newbie days, lol) That's what I'm getting at. I just want my children to act that way, and the victim could take revenge with their Imaginary friends, (like how Patrick managed to get beat up by an imaginary person on Spongebob), or their giant Golden Retriever, or German Shepard, or in my case, the giant Persian Mix could hiss at the bully. 

EDIT: I'm aware it's not funny in real life, and I'm not the kind of person on the giving end to do it in real life, I simply think I could get a good laugh when the victim takes revenge with their giant German Shepard on Sims (in the Pets trailer of course). I simply wanted a trailer scene to be able to be done in my game, when Pets comes out.

[samoht04]

I think maybe suggesting a play type of fight might be a better description, such as a joke by close friends would be better. (Also don't worry, I know you would not really suggest bullying. 

[jeanamariex3]

Thank you Thomas. 

I want more desserts in Sims 3: Ice Cream treats (sundaes, cones, ice cream cakes and sandwiches, etc), and perhaps an Ice Cream truck. Plus, a "brain freeze=-50" moodlet. Also, I want spicy foods that could negatively effect most Sims (TOO HOT! -50 for most -75 for Cowards, while daredevils could get a "Good Meal" moodlet plus an adrenaline rush). Maybe a hot pepper plant, like a hot tamale would be really nice. It could be a prank that could negatively any non-daredevil Sim, but have a more negative effect on a coward. 

[MarianT]

I like the foods -- they had an ice cream parlor in Sims 1, and hot foods would be great. Adventurous and Brave could get positive moodlets, too.

[YZJay]

I want malls, were you could buy store spaces and fill it with stuff for other sims to buy, or go to the mall to go shopping. Shopping in sims right now lacks interaction. And what about shopping for clothes, right now a very poor sim can look like a multi trillionaire, it's just unrealistic.

[jeanamariex3]

Yeah, I remember the old days when we could buy our clothes from the store, not just change them. It's so unreal that the poor guy, can afford all those designer clothes ya know.

I kind of miss the Social Bunny too. He needs to come back, and entertain the stressed out, the lonely, and the bitter Sims.

[fortheloveofcake]

Diving boards and water slides!  I hate the boring flatness of the swimming pools.
(I'm a swimming teacher, haha. Naturally this is a huge annoyance for me.)
I think my favourite Sims 2 expansion was Open for Business. I loved having Sims whose house had a little shop on the main floor and living area on the upper floor.
I really hope Alien sims make a comeback soon!

[VampirePlasma]

I actually don't want the social bunny to come back. It got me really annoyed. I stopped playing The Sims 2 until 3 came out.  And if they do bring it back there should be an On/Off switch.

Jeana, there isn't a minor type of bullying, you perhaps have not been subjected to a minor type of bullying such as whispers, it does affect people and I have had it affect me, there is more Bullying amongst Teenagers than there are in younger children, I don't find it funny at all.

I agree with samoht04. It isn't funny. It hurts, and it affects people, lack of self-esteem and ect. And trust me I know this.

[sydney511]

I remember making my sims do the stand-on-one-finger thing. I want an ice cream truck too. It would be exactly like the food truck, only kids can use it too. (I hate how kids can't use the food truck!)

-50 would be too extreme for brain freeze. I get -50 for things like someone dying in my game. -15 would be better. And you can only get it if you eat 2 ice creams, like you get sick if you eat too much food truck food.

I would like to see grocery stores and clothes shops again, and a mall would be awesome.

Does anybody like OFB for Sims 2, like me and fortheloveofcake? It was my favorite expansion. I just hated going to community lots in Sims 2 because of the 2 minute loading screen. I would leave at 11 am, and come back at 10 pm because it was so slow. I just didn't like all those confusing aspiration what-nots and junk. It really made sims 2 a pain to play. I would like to see OFB back, though.

Diving boards and aliens would be awesome.

[CarlosLordofTacos]

I loved Open For Business as well. But I am satisfied with the Consigment Store. I`d rather they make new things than revive old things.

[Seabody]

Sorry Thomas, maybe bullying wasn't the right term.

Sorry to bring this up again, but maybe? Jeana, as someone who has been seriously bullied, and still takes extreme offence to this day, I find that quite rude.


I'd like different dance moves. E.G Sims do pop-like dancing to Classical Music. The waltz would suit that better.

[amber1195]

I would like to see the children's faces to display their features better. I don't know about y'all, but pretty much every child in my town has the exact same nose, mouth, and eye features. They differ a bit in sizes, but not enough to matter. It's just sometimes hard to tell the sim children apart using just their eye color (and sometimes even that's the same!!)

[Sportsfan]

What's the food truck?
I agree with Seabody, if they added bullying into the game it would probably turn me away from the sims.

[Tommyo3000]

I've been bullied in real life and it definitely wouldn't be fun to add it to Sims Jeana. The food truck is a truck in Bridgeport that comes by sometimes that you can get some hot dogs and other food from, Sprotsfan.

[TheChronicR]

The food truck is a Late Night attribute available only in "Late Night Cities", aka Bridgeport only, as of now.

Realism can be cruel sometimes, we have to admit it. That's not the problem now. I think Jeana only meant adding a few interactions to the "Mean" pie-menu for children. There is nothing wrong with that, as far as it's in the borders of T for Teen.

I agree with Amber, on the more facial features for kids. And teenagers look too much like Young Adults. I doubt I'll look the same seven years later.

The one and only thing I patiently wish for is gradual aging. Aging by Sim days, not by life stages. I know that this probably won't be added to TS3 and my hopes are way too little for TS4. But at least in The Sims 5, please, EA, make birthday cakes just simple decorations you can use every day (the Sim equivalent of a real life year) and age up Sims by days, height, and some facial changes.

[YZJay]

We'd need supercomputersfor that to happen, because they would be changing every 24 real life seconds. By the time sims 5 is out, we would be using our iPad 10 to play sims, and that's not a supercomputer.

[TheChronicR]

By the time Sims 5 is out, the computers will be capable to do such a task given to them. Obviously you won't be able to do this on iPads. And obviously Sims 5's PC requirements will be higher than Sims 3's.

[VampirePlasma]

I think this has been said before but I'll just say it again. We just need to be able to swim on the Beach! I mean what Beach do you go to that you cannot swim! And a life-guard will be nice too. I like the Ice cream truck idea but maybe the Brain Freeze could be -15. -50 is when my Sim's on fire. Oh! If they add the swimming, we need to be able to surf too! It is awesome! I agree with Seabody about the dance. It cracks me up to see my Sim dancing like pop to classical music. It just doesn't go. Oh I remember the shopping in TS2. I liked it, going to the store whenever the screen felt like loading, and trying them on.

[CarlosLordofTacos]

Having different choices of cell phone would be nice. It`s weird that everyone has the exact same model, from the impoverished Alvi family to the Landgraabs!

[Simstar3]

I agree!
And if you had Generations, parents could take away cell phones as punishment!

[fortheloveofcake]

A slider to decide how tall or short your sim is! Every adult and young adult, male and female, are all the exact same height.  Females don't even get taller with skyscraper heels on!
It could add a lot i think especially for stories, such as the short chubby nerdy guy falling in love with the tall thin supermodel type.

[Morbid]

About bullying:

I think it should be added. Seriously, it's just a game. You can choose to do it, you can choose not to. It's not the same like in real-life, and people need to understand this. And anyway, I'm fairly sure only Mean Spirited and/or Evil Sims would do this, because really, being an Evil and Mean Spirited doesn't mean ANYTHING significant in the Sims. And that's annoying.

[VampirePlasma]

Still going against bullying.

Anywas I want to be able to go camping. Like right now what I am doing is getting some tents from Buydebug  and camping in my Sims' yard xD.
But I mean like actually make fires with sticks and stuff not the firepit.

[jeanamariex3]

Realism can be cruel sometimes, we have to admit it. That's not the problem now. I think Jeana only meant adding a few interactions to the "Mean" pie-menu for children. There is nothing wrong with that, as far as it's in the borders of T for Teen.

Yes, Chronic, that's exactly what I meant. More "Mean" interactions under the "Mean..." menu. I feel like the mean-spirited are too nice. Plus, it would simply be an option more for the mean-spirited, evil, grumpy, snobby, inappropriate, and rebellious school yard kiddies, not the ones that are particularly nice. I do remember making Lucy Burb torment Alexander Goth back in the day. It was simply her way of saying "I like you."

About bullying:

I think it should be added. Seriously, it's just a game. You can choose to do it, you can choose not to. It's not the same like in real-life, and people need to understand this. And anyway, I'm fairly sure only Mean Spirited and/or Evil Sims would do this, because really, being an Evil and Mean Spirited doesn't mean ANYTHING significant in the Sims. And that's annoying.

That's the whole point I was getting at. Although, you are aware Evil Sims aren't literally evil, or cruel, which is why they can still be friendly. If Evil was a literal trait, you realize the game would be M for Mature right? I meant that could be a for the Snobs, Rebellious, Evil, Grumpy, and Mean Spirited kiddies, perhaps inappropriate. It kind of drives me nuts that the Inappropriate Sims don't have the options to make fun of the nearest Sims when their children. I took a child, gave him the traits Evil, Mean Spirited, and Inappropriate and he was still this perfect little angel.

I think children just don't have enough mean interactions. I mean remember the kid from the movie Problem Child? He was mean spirited and he did all kinds of not very nice things. I want my Sims 3 Children to act more like Junior from Problem Child. Plain and simple. I want kids to have the same amount of unlocked "Mean" interactions under the "Mean..." pie menu, and pull the same amount of pranks to their peers as their older teenaged siblings do.